This role will be on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin.ScopeShape the financial strategy behind our product roadmap and manufacturing operations.We're looking for a Strategic Finance Manager to serve as the financial translator between Ambiq's chip business and leadership. You'll own product margin and revenue forecasting end-to-end and build the business cases behind R&D investment decisions - influencing company profitability on two fronts: gross margin optimization and R&D investment prioritization. You'll work directly with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product Management, and Operations leadership - and have real influence on which products get funded, accelerated, or re-prioritized. This is a high-visibility role with direct exposure to executive leadership and investor relations.
What makes this role different:- You're not just reporting the numbers - you're shaping product investment decisions through stage-gate reviews and business case development
- Direct line of sight to C-level decision-making and investor relations reporting
- Clear runway to grow into broader FP&A leadership
- Travel to Taiwan is expected to work with our operations counterparts there, including some late-night calls to align across time zones.
Responsibilities- In partnership with the leadership team, develop the annual and long-range plan for revenue and margin.
- Own the product margin forecast and support Marketing and Sales in optimizing the revenue forecast to maximize gross profits.
- Proactively identify and resolve risks to revenue and margin projections by working with Department VPs.
- Partner with Accounting to reconcile actual to forecast costs and develop cost metrics for variable expenses.
- Lead the monthly budget-to-actual process for revenue and margin, and own the Quarterly Revised Forecast - using analytical techniques to support financial reporting and investor relations by explaining the drivers behind changes in the Company's results.
- Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to develop, evaluate, and prioritize business metrics (inventory management, product cost, ROI analysis), and support prioritization of yield improvement projects based on pareto analysis.
- Build financial models and business cases for R&D investment decisions - including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis - to interpret business impact and inform management decisions; perform ad hoc margin analysis, ROI, and forecasts as needed.
- Build deep expertise in the company's products, customers, sales pipeline, and cost structure, becoming a trusted, go-to resource across the organization.
- Serve as the financial partner to Ambiq's Taiwan-based operations counterparts, including periodic travel to Taiwan and occasional late-night calls to align across time zones.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (MBA a plus)
- 8+ years in a strategic finance role in FP&A or strategic finance supporting semiconductor manufacturing or operations specifically
- Demonstrated product cost/margin exposure in chip or hardware manufacturing
- Has built and owned forecast models end-to-end - not just contributed to someone else's - plus a track record of business cases and ROI analyses that influenced real business decisions
- Experience building R&D investment business cases, including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis
- Strong business partnering skills - you're comfortable in a room with engineers, operators, and executives alike, and can translate financial complexity into a clear story
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, verifiable via a modeling exercise or portfolio walkthrough
- A detail-oriented, analytical mindset paired with the initiative to drive things to closure in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
If you want a finance role where your analysis directly shapes product and manufacturing strategy - not just tracks it - we'd like to talk.
